#EDC562#EDC562

#EDC562 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.126 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC562
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, 2.95, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 54.16, 86.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0056 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.126 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0986, 58.8221, 19.8992)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC562 #628AED

analogous

#ED7F62 #EDC562 #CFED62

triadic

#EDC562 #62EDC5 #C562ED

tetradic

#EDC562 #62ED7F #628AED #ED62CF

square

#EDC562 #62ED7F #628AED #ED62CF

split-complementary

#EDC562 #62CFED #7F62ED

monochromatic

#BF8E16 #E7B12B #EDC562 #F3D999 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#EDC562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC562

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC562	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.126 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d692',
    500: '#edc562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc562;
$custom-light: #f6d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83903,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC562

secondary

#365DBD

accent

#46DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC562

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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